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— BASEBALL ON | he downfall I JUICY I IDEAS ¡I SEE PAGE 7 «tas Community College, Oregon City, OR SEE PAGE 8 Wednesday, May 4,2011 Volume 44, issue 20 The Clackamas Print h Sidependent, ____ student-run newspaper since 1966 . - Ftrst Copy FREE; additional copies 10 Vist TheClackamasPrint.net for more info & photos spices blnesday. May 4 [1:40 Irt Exhibit -12:05 X C Chamber Choir 5-12:45 ¿ssana Kanneh longs from Liberia and 11 African countries ursdav. May 5 I la aela de Yasmin I 'SU Instructor I lamenco Dance -11:55 l/iec Dancers -12:20 I )r. Andrés Berger-Kiss llilingual Poetry Reading k12:50 SL and International tudents Presentation Nathan Sturgess Clackamas Print Jane Rickenbaugh teaches dances of universal peace to Clackamas Community College students in the Bill Brod Community Center on Tuesday as a part of International Week. structor triggers state investigation of the college ÿ Brian Baldwin Darris submitted his complaint letter on April 11, according to Carla Corbin of the Secretary of State’s office. Corbin is the compliance state is investigating pos specialist in charge of the inquiry tlection law violations by requested against Clackamas from mas Community College the state’s election division. college instructor filed a “I submitted a complaint as an int expert of public law,” said Darris. April 11, the Secretary of “It is my considered opinion that I "Hons Division received the a college has made a mockery Dean Danis, a full-time of the difference between factual ience instructor here at information and information that the letter, Darris request is of an advocacy nature. The law state investigate whether requires that whenever you pres violated election laws ent under public dollars and public he college’s bond mea- facilities that the overall content of May 17 ballot. the information must be neutral and not appear in any way as advocacy or in any way influential.” When presented with the com ment that tiie college made a mock law does not allow pub- ees to promote or protest ■ News Editor ery of the difference, CCC President Joanne Truesdell said, “People are entitled to their opinions.” The college has attempted to prevent advocacy during the months leading up to the election, even hav ing Truesdell explain the “dos and don’ts” of- wearing the college’s bond measure buttons at a College Council meeting. Darris highlighted several sec tions of the CCC bond website that he believed were in violation of this statute. “I believe that the entire web page (of the) Frequently Asked Questions violates that neutrality clause,” said Danis. “(They) have a ‘yes’ letter on the website that they have since taken down. If you go into other news you’ll see a series of advocacy pieces. The law is very strict but this is why you turn it in to the proper authorities.” Truesdell commented that the “yes” letter in question was a letter to the editor that was automatically posted to the bond website from a news feed the college has set up for articles about the college. The letter to the editor was posted and was brought to Truesdell’s atten tion a few days later. The college took down the letter days before the college received the request for information from the Secretary of State’s office. According to Corbin, the Secretary of State investigates each complaint that it receives from citi zens. As they investigate the docu ments provided, Coibin will write a letter of determination and the college will either be found not in violation of the election or will be fined. “There is a... penalty of $75 for the first (offense) with a maximum of $250,” said Corbin. Truesdell commented that she felt that the inquiry into the col lege’s informational packets is a good process. “I think that is why the Secretary of State’s office exists, to respond to people’s concerns. We haven’t been aware of them prior to the Secretary of State’s office providing us with that information. That’s why these things exist, in case someone has a question about it,” said Truesdell. According to Corbin, the inquiry will take about a week and after she writes her letter of determination she will consult Oregon’s attorney general.
